Birth Stories

Home Birth My decision to have a home birth with my second baby came after I had my first back in the UK in 2017. Even though my daughter was born healthy and happy with zero signs of distress throughout, the labour itself was nearly 70 hours long, ended in an epidural and was heavy with unnecessary interventions. As a result I suffered a substantial haemorrhage, mainly due to poor medical care, and what followed was a truly awful recovery. As a first time mother, it was so

Home Birth It all started on the 22nd March 2021 at our antenatal visit with our lovely midwife. I was given the magazine 'Tummy talk' for some light reading and it was that afternoon I got home and decided to flick through it. I read a couple of pages and thought to myself 'why has a home birth not crossed my mind' so I kept reading. I said to my partner "I want a home birth, what do you think" he was really supportive of the idea so when I next spoke to our midwife and ment

Home Birth Leo’s Gentle Birth | 20 minutes of pushing, 10lbs, no tearing, at home surrounded by fur babies It was the night before our birthing day. My husband Tiaan and I practised our birth routine in the lounge, surrounded by warm coloured fairy lights hung on the curtains, and positive birthing affirmations placed around the room. As we moved through our flow of tools and techniques, our three fur babies were sleeping beside us, enjoying the calm birth music playing in th

Home Birth We decided on a home birth while living on the Kapiti Coast for a few reasons. Our first child born at Wellington hospital and was a ‘normal’ birth. This gave us the confidence that the second birth would be similar, along with advice from our midwife along the pregnancy journey. Secondly, we wanted our daughter to be with us when our baby arrived and finally we just wanted to be in the comfort of our own home, instead of the sterile environment of the hospital or

Home Birth I chose to have Teegan at home after having had a really positive birth experience with my daughter Riley. Riley was born in a birthing center - she came quickly, in the water, with no pain relief. Her birth left me feeling empowered and looking forward to having future babies. I felt that the only way to make the experience even more empowering and special would be to have my next baby at home in our space. We are lucky enough to have an amazing midwife who is an

Home Birth To begin with I wasn't sure about home birth at all. What if something went wrong? It didn't seem as safe as giving birth in a unit and I was worried about the mess it would make in our home. My wife was really adamant that she wanted to have the baby at home but our midwife said it wouldn't work unless we were both comfortable with it and on the same page. We had lots of discussions with our midwife around what home birth is like. She talked a lot about there not

Paraparaumu Maternity Unit On November 21st, 2018 I went into labour with my first born baby boy. He was born on November 22, 2018. Fast forward 6 years we fell pregnant again with our second baby, another boy 🩵 and we couldn’t think of anyone more worthy then Sheryl being our midwife again, only this time we had the privilege of having Ange working alongside Sheryl to help support our growing family. With everything going smoothly in our pregnancy we decided we wanted to ha